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Renewable Power Posts Record Growth, But Wider, Faster Shift Needed to Hit Paris Goals
Renewable electricity accounted for 70% of new power generation around the world last year, but greenhouse gas emissions are still on the rise and ... -
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Decentralized Renewables Bring Electricity to Rural Nigerians
Rural Nigerians are among the most energy-poor in Africa, but their future looks brighter thanks to a new initiative to educate state-level policy-makers and ... -
AfricaClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsCoalElectricity GridEncoreFinance & InvestmentOff-GridPost-Carbon TransitionSolar
Emerging Deal Could Deliver Solar to 250 Million in Sub-Saharan Africa
A quarter of a billion Africans could be provided with solar power from the desert, claim organisations behind a new partnership in the Sahel ... -
Distributed Renewables Need Greater Emphasis for Rural Electrification
Distributed renewable energy sources continue to get short shrift in governments’ rural electrification planning, despite rapid technological advances that have made smaller-scale projects an ... -
Mastercard Solar Payments System Could Serve 625 Million Off-Grid Users
Two of the world’s biggest credit card companies are amping up their renewable energy footprints, with Mastercard offering a cheap solar payments option for ... -
Rise of Renewables, Absence of Markets Impede Growth of Small Modular Reactors
Arguments that the future of nuclear fission lies in the development of small modular reactors ignore both the rise of renewables and the reality ... -
Private Equity Giant Sends Surge into U.S. Microgrid Market
Washington DC-based private equity goliath Carlyle Group’s entry into the microgrid business could help standardize the technology and position the industry for rapid growth, ... -
Microgrid Could Have Prevented 11-Hour Power Outage at World’s Busiest Airport
An 11-hour pre-Christmas power outage at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport had grid resilience specialists asking a tough but obvious question: Why didn’t the world’s ...
